To better facilitate operations between the US East Coast, Costa Rica and the Panama Canal, the Dutch port operator, APM Terminals, invested US$1 billion in a new operation now being constructed in Limon, about 55 km up the coast from Puerto Viejo.

About 65 km north of Puerto Viejo the oil refinery in Moin is set for expansion and modernization. Besides a general boost in the regional economy and employment, an influx in professionals with disposable income is expected to benefit Limon Province and its premier resort town, Puerto Viejo.

The region’s main north-south highway, Route 32, will be widened and modernized across its southerly 107-km stretch. Expanding from a two to four-lane highway, drive time between Puerto Viejo and the north, including San Jose and its international airport, SJO, will be significantly lessened. A concurrent expansion in tourism volume is expected.

Within the next few years it is expected that the Limon airport will be expanded to accommodate international flights and the development of a new airport was proposed by the president during a meeting of CARICOM. In December of 2014, Nature Air and Sansa began daily domestic flights to Limon, foretelling a significant increase in visitors to the Caribbean coast.

In September of 2015 the Port of Limon opened cruise ship operations, marked by 1,189 tourists boarding a Monarch cruise liner and the opening of Immigration Administration facilities.